All posts tagged 'Sony Pictures Television'

Das Boot helmer Andreas Prochaska has been tapped to direct Alex Rider, the TV series adaptation of Anthony Horowitz's young adult novel series that is set up at Eleventh Hour Films and Sony Pictures Television.

Sony Pictures Television has secured the first format sales for Electric Ray's Alone At Home. The parenting format has been picked up by RTL Germany and RTL Netherlands, with both broadcasters commissioning local versions of the show.

Laurence Fishburne (Black-ish, The Matrix) has come on-board to star and executive produce Rendlesham, the eight episode UFO drama series from UK indie Eleventh Hour Films and Sony Pictures Television. Rendlesham is inspired by the British-American UFO incident which took place at a US air base close to the village of Rendlesham, Suffolk in 1980. Drawing on reported events across dual timelines – from the time of the sightings in 1980, and looking ahead to 2020, the 40th anniversary.

The Big Bang Theory star Melissa Rauch has been tapped for a guest starring role in Showtime's 1980s Wall Street comedy Black Monday. Rauch, best known for her role as Bernadette on the hit CBS comedy, will play Shira, the loving wife of trader Keith (Paul Scheer).

Sony Pictures Television has acquired international distribution rights to Into The Dark, Hulu's year-round event series which hails from Blumhouse Television. Into The Dark is a horror anthology series consisting of twelve self contained feature-length episodes that explores the dark side of humanity. The series premiered state-side on October 5th, with an episode set to roll out every month - each inspired by a distinct holiday, often with social commentary woven throughout.

Skybound Entertainment - the company set up by The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman and David Alpert - has teamed up with Sony Pictures Television to launch Skybound Galactic, a new production company that will finance the development and production of scripted television series.

Following this year's successful revival of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? to mark the show's 20th anniversary, ITV has renewed the series for a further ten episodes, once again hosted by Jeremy Clarkson. The new episodes are set to air in early 2019 and will be stripped over two weeks.

Sony Pictures Television has acquired a minority stake in Eleventh Hour Films - the UK indie led by Jill Green, Eve Gutierrez, Paula Cuddy and Nicole Finnan which has been behind such productions as Foyle's War, New Blood, Vexed and Safe House.

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